Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2002/00809
Towards an absolute chronology for the marine environment: a 1000-year record from the North Sea.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor CA Richardson, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor KR Briffa, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PD Jones, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Scourse, University of Exeter, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C Bryant, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory
- Grant held at:
- Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Palaeobiology
- Quaternary Science
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- We have recently generated pilot study data which convincingly demonstrate, for the first time, that cross-matching of marine sclerochronological records is possible using the long-lived clam Arctica islandica. This breakthrough potentially enables a calibration of the temporal changes in the marine reservoir effect and the generation of ultra-high-resolution geochemical proxy records of bottom water temperature and salinity. We seek funding 1) to undertake annual growth-band analysis of Arctica shells and to construct a cross-matched annual time-series to cover at least the last 1000 years, 2) to use this absolute chronology to date independently (to a calendar year) Arctica growth increments that can then be used to calibrate the 14C reservoir effect, and 3) to produce a detailed 14C reservoir history for the last 1000 years for the northern North Sea.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2002/00809
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £149,411
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £92,914 | £4,555 | £9,202 | £42,740 |
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